OpenAI feels “burned” by Apple’s crappy ChatGPT integration, insiders say
… Ashley is a senior policy reporter for Ars Technica, dedicated to tracking social impacts of emerging policies and new technologies. …
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Over a year later, AMD is bringing improved FSR 4 upscaling to its older GPUs
… Any games that support FSR 4 should be able to support FSR 4.1 running on Radeon 7000-series cards; users will presumably be able to install a driver update in July that enables the new feature. …
Moose-proof and megacasting: Ars drives the new Volvo EX60
… The automaker continues to innovate, developing new iterations of its designs that deliver real improvements. The newest model puts the puzzle pieces together in a way that shows Volvo is paying attention.
Buckle up: Google is set to remake search with agentic AI in 2026
… Search will employ agents to answer your questions in new ways, powered by Gemini 3.5 Flash. Google says it has integrated Antigravity as a harness for the new model’s AI agents in search. …
Google's SynthID AI watermarking tech is being adopted by OpenAI, Nvidia, and more
… There will also be new paths to checking SynthID status, so you won’t even have to open Gemini just to check for the watermark. …
Blue Origin has set a very aggressive return-to-flight timeline
… The water tower is also good.” No need for new transporter Limp also confirmed that the company would press ahead with a rebuild of the LC-36A site, which is designed for the 7×2 variant of the New Glenn rocket. …
LLMs believe false statements even after explicit warnings that they're false
… New research on so-called “negation neglect” finds that LLMs in a roughly analogous situation don’t behave that way. …
Rivian adds a new onboard AI assistant to its latest software update
… In the absence of phone mirroring—and the way it lets you easily use Siri or Google Assistant hands-free while driving—Rivian has now added a new AI digital helper in its latest software update, compatible with both older Gen1 Rivians model-year 2024 and older as well as the more recent Gen2 models… …
Smart light company Govee apologizes for “white supremacy” marketing imagery
… Scharon is a Senior Technology Reporter at Ars Technica writing news, reviews, and analysis on consumer gadgets and services. …
Slate Auto gets serious about privacy for its bare-bones EV pickup
… Indeed, those connected services and their possible links to the Chinese state were scary enough to US lawmakers to drum up bipartisan support for new regulations that bar their import, absent an authorization from the Department of Commerce. …